Honey mushrooms, how they look and where they grow, description of edible and poisonous species

Honey mushrooms from the store

Many of you most likely saw jars of pickled honey mushrooms of yellowish-orange color on store shelves. Also, these mushrooms are often sold frozen, both by weight and in packages. I think you will agree that they are completely different from autumn, summer or winter mushrooms. So what are sellers hiding under the familiar word "honey mushroom"? Meet - edible flake or hint!

These mushrooms are actively cultivated in China and Japan. The name "hint" is just taken from the Japanese language, and it means "slippery mushrooms", which is explained by the presence of jelly-like mucus on the caps of fresh fruit chalk. The taste of edible flakes, of course, differs from the taste of real honey mushrooms, but this did not prevent these mushrooms from gaining widespread use in cooking.

China is the main supplier of allusions to Russia. But why don't the companies selling the goods write the real name of these mushrooms? Most likely this is due to marketing, most people do not know any scales, and the simple and understandable name "honey agaric" increases people's confidence in the product.

So my review has come to an end. Of course, there are still quite a few mushrooms, one way or another associated with the term "honey mushroom", but I thought it necessary to mention only those that I know personally and that most amateur mushroom pickers come across. I hope the information was useful to you!

How to distinguish summer mushrooms from false ones

Summer mushrooms, unlike their autumn counterparts, can bear fruit in spring, summer, and autumn. Summer honey agarics, as a rule, grow long legs and large caps. How to distinguish them from poisonous mushrooms?

• Summer mushroom hat. Although its diameter is sometimes 10 cm, its walls are thin, and the edges are slightly bent inward, where the mushroom tissue resembles a cobweb. The color of the hat is yellowish-brown, with scales.
• Summer mushroom plates. The color of the plates of a true honey fungus is whitish, rusty or brown (they darken as the fungus grows).
• Summer mushroom leg. Sometimes its leg grows extremely long - up to 30 cm, but at the same time it remains brown, with a ringlet.

How to distinguish summer mushrooms from false ones

False honey agarics have no rings, the caps are bright and smooth, without scales.

Now you know how to distinguish mushrooms from false mushrooms. If you have any doubts about a mushroom, it is better not to cut it at all or conduct a water test at home. Gradually, you will gain mushroom experience, and you will know exactly where the edible mushroom is and where the poisonous one.

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False mushrooms include several types of mushrooms, very similar to edible mushrooms. In addition, they are easy to confuse, because false mushrooms like to grow in the same places as edible ones - they grow in families on stumps, fallen trees, on trunks and protruding parts of tree roots. Some types of false mushrooms are inedible, others are conditionally edible, and others are poisonous. However, a mushroom picker, especially a beginner, should not experiment and should never forget the main rule: "Not sure - don't take it!" Collect only real mushrooms when you are absolutely sure that it is they! If you have the slightest doubt, it is better to abandon the idea of ​​putting the mushroom in the basket.

The most important sign by which you can distinguish a real mushroom from a false one is a filmy ring (skirt) on the leg. This ring is the remainder of the veil that protects the fruiting body of the fungus at a young age. False honey agarics do not have such a ring.

Description of the structure of a dangerous mushroom

A poisonous mushroom of the Gifoloma genus of the Stropharia family, sulfur-yellow honey fungus is extremely dangerous, it is also called false. In Latin, it sounds like Hypholoma fasciculare.Later, at different times, it was given other names that scientists can still use to designate it.

A bit of history

The first mushroom was described by the British scientist, chemist, biologist and pharmacologist Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821. The name was given to Pratella fascicularis. German mycologist Paul Kummer in 1871 gave him the Latin name that exists today. After that, there were several more attempts by scientists to change the classification of the fungus, but they all turned out to be erroneous and were not recognized, although the following names can be heard among the synonyms:

• Agaricus fascicularis;
• Naematoloma fasciculare;
• Geophila fascicularis;
• Dryophila fascicularis;
• Psilocybe fascicularis.

How to identify false mushrooms: the main differences

Mushroom leg

Edible mushrooms have a ring on the leg. Inedible honey agarics have no ringlet or have residual signs (traces of the ring, tissue fragments). In addition, the leg of a real honey fungus is low (except for adult specimens) - 4-6 cm, and a false one reaches 10 cm.

The exception is edible meadow mushrooms, whose legs grow up to 30 cm tall!

Mushroom plates

Genuine mushrooms are distinguished by pale yellow or creamy plates, false ones - yellow, later - green, dark olive and almost black.

Mushroom hat

Regardless of the environment in which edible mushrooms grow (light or dense forest, wet or dry place), their caps do not differ in brightness: they are usually pale brown, with small dark scales (adult mushrooms with darker hats and no scales).

And the caps of false honey agarics are always bright: yellow-gray, rusty-red or red-brown, and without scales.

How to identify false mushrooms: the main differences

Honey mushroom taste

Some false mushrooms are no less tasty than genuine mushrooms: not all poisonous mushrooms have a bitter taste. But this does not mean that they can be safely cooked: there are only a couple of exceptions - Candoll's mushroom and poppy mushroom.

Description of the sulfur-yellow false foil

Hat. The sulfur-yellow pseudo-frog has a convex cap with a diameter of up to 6 cm. As the mushroom matures, it straightens a little. The color of the cap is characteristic. Above it is yellow, on the crown with a slight reddish tinge. The lower edges of the cap are yellowish-greenish.

The adherent plates are yellow, olive or lemon-gray. In young mushrooms, they are sulfur-yellow. In the oldest false agarics, the plates turn gray-violet, almost black when decomposed.

At the edges of the cap, from the underside, the remains of the bedspread are sometimes noticeable. Mushroom pickers should be alerted to any hint of a green or olive shade on the hat. Especially on the plates and on the top of the stem of the mushroom.

The pulp of the sulfur-yellow false foam is very bitter. Her smell is unpleasant. The sulfur-yellow color can hardly be regarded as a distinctive feature of the toadstool - hardly anyone will be able to dissect a dubious mushroom in "field" conditions. Better to walk past and collect only familiar mushrooms. Let us recall what the first commandment of the mushroom picker says: "There must be one hundred percent confidence in the mushroom that is put in the basket in order to cook it later." I wrote about this in the article “Edible mushrooms of the Moscow region; where and when they are collected. "

Leg. On the yellowish-green or yellow stalk of young mushrooms, there are dark rings - traces of the film. They are more difficult to recognize in adult false agarics. The leg is cylindrical, hollow inside, at the base it acquires a distinct brown tint.

Inedible species

Inedible species include the following:

1. False foam is sulfur-yellow.
2. The honey mushroom is chased.

As you can see, there are few inedible mushrooms. Let's consider each of the types in more detail.

Sulfur yellow

The fruiting bodies of a sulfur-yellow false froth should never be eaten. It is a very poisonous mushroom. After its use, the following symptoms begin to appear in a person after 1-6 hours: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating. Ultimately, all this leads to the fact that a person loses consciousness. The mushrooms themselves are small in size.The diameter of the cap is within 7 cm.

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Chased

Various sources indicate that chased is an inedible species. In a number of sources it is noted that its nutritional qualities have not been established. Accordingly, this mushroom cannot be recommended for collection and consumption. Therefore, it belongs to the inedible species. Also, it is worth noting that this species is quite rare, which is why it is listed in the Red Data Books in many regions of our country.

By themselves, the fruiting bodies of the chased honey fungus are small. The diameter of the cap ranges from 6 cm.

What mushrooms grow in the forest in early autumn

Since after the appearance of the leg connecting the mycelium with the cap, 2 weeks pass before the formation of a fruit body of a decent size, after the rain you can go in search of mushrooms in 1-2 weeks. The harvest peaks in September.

The peculiarity of autumn mushrooms is the rapid appearance of a fruitful wave and rapid disappearance

For lovers of this type of delicacy, it is important not to miss the beginning of the collection. The culture prefers to settle in colonies on fallen tree trunks, dry trees, stumps and on the root system of living plants

Tree mushrooms can grow in one place for up to 15 years, until the mycelium completely destroys the host tree.

On one stump, it grows up to several liters of specimens. Young individuals are collected together with legs. If the mushrooms have grown up and the caps have opened, then only the caps need to be cut off, since the nutritional value of the legs is negligible

In order not to disturb the mycelium, it is important to cut the mushroom, and not pull it out by the root.

The name is based on the Old Russian word "fox", meaning "yellow". Mushrooms prefer to settle in acidic soils. The grayish-yellow stem is long and tubular inside. The brown-yellow cap is funnel-shaped with wavy edges. The structure of the pulp is dense with a pleasant aroma. In order to soften the hardness, a long heat treatment is required.

Quite often, you can find a false chanterelle, which is a conditionally edible plant product. Although proper culinary processing excludes the possibility of poisoning, the taste of this mushroom is much lower than that of a real chanterelle. The color of the false chanterelle is much brighter, and the surface of the cap is slightly velvety. The edges of the cap are neatly rounded.

A bright orange-red mushroom loves to settle among the pines. At the break point, an orange milky sap with a pleasant resinous odor is released, which turns green when oxidized.

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The cap has a diameter of up to 17 cm. For young specimens it is characterized by a rounded-convex one, and for old ones it is funnel-shaped. Over time, the folded edges of the cap straighten. The leg is cylindrical in shape, reaching a length of up to 6 cm and a thickness of up to 2 cm. It is often affected by pests.

This population prefers to grow in groups. Included in the first flavoring category. due to this, people consume them fresh, salted, pickled and canned.

A mushroom common on the territory of Russia. About 60 representatives of this family are known, conventionally divided into 3 groups:

All representatives are similar in structure and appearance. The hemisphere-shaped hat straightens as it grows, becoming flat. There are individuals with a funnel-shaped cap and edges wrapped up. Edible representatives are painted in greenish-brown tones, and poisonous in bright red. You can also find spotted hats. Depending on the humidity, the surface can be sticky or dry. The top film is easily peeled off.

The cylindrical legs are painted white or yellowish. Inedible species are pink. The dense white pulp becomes more fragile and crumbly with age.

White mushrooms

Full-fledged owners of the forest, which are in great demand, since they have delicious taste.Participate in all types of culinary processing.

The matte cap is slightly convex, it can reach 30 cm in diameter. The color spectrum is from reddish to lemon. The center of the cap is usually darker than the edges. The skin on the surface becomes sticky after rain. It can even crack in dry weather.

Large leg up to 26 cm high, most often lighter than the cap. May have a reddish tint. The shape of the leg is cylindrical, narrowed at the top. Juicy flesh of juveniles is white. Turns yellow over time. Dark brown under the skin.

For settlement he chooses forest zones (coniferous, oak and birch). Dislikes swampy and peaty soils.

Botanical description of false agarics

Not all mushroom lovers can recognize inedible or poisonous varieties among forest gifts. And false mushrooms still do not always lend themselves to classification, their different types belong to several families. And only experienced mushroom pickers confidently collect edible specimens, although cases of poisoning with them are known. It's all to blame for the species variability of representatives of this very widespread and numerous family of lamellar fungi.

False mushrooms are always trying to attract attention. They have brightly colored brick brown or reddish brown caps.

Mushrooms with bright yellow caps are especially dangerous. They are smooth, evenly colored, sticky to the touch. The same bright colors are present on the back of the cap of false mushrooms. Their plates are green, yellow or dark olive. Sometimes they are covered with a thin cobweb-like film.

These representatives of the forest flora have a heavy smell of dampness, sometimes they smell like earth. This is due to the fact that they lack useful organic oils.

Sulfur-yellow false foam (Hypholoma fasciculare)

Habitat: decaying wood and stumps of deciduous and coniferous species, grow in large groups.

SEASON: April - November.

The most common spring poisonous mushrooms are sulfur-yellow false foams. They grow in large groups on stumps and trunks of fallen trees. From a distance, they look like edible summer mushrooms, but differ in the sulfur-yellow color of the underside of the cap. Most often they are found in mixed forests, where spruce, birch, oak, and aspen grow.

The hat has a diameter of 2-7 cm, at first hemispherical, later convex. A distinctive feature of the species is a light yellow or light pinkish-brown convex-flat cap with a noticeable tubercle, which has a brighter red-brick color.

The leg is thin and long, curved, has a height of 3-9 cm, thickness - 3-8 mm, has the same color as the cap, or slightly lighter, with a yellowish tinge, cylindrical, slightly narrowed near the base, with traces of a ring. The base of the stem is darker - orange-brown.

Pulp: sulfur-yellow, tender and fibrous, with an unpleasant odor and bitter taste.

The plates are frequent, wide, adherent, sulfur-yellow or olive-brown.

Variability. The color of the cap ranges from yellow-brown to sulfur-yellow.

Similar species. The inedible sulfur-yellow false froth can be confused with the gray-lamellar edible false froth (Hypholoma capnoides), which differs in the color of the plates - light gray, as well as a more convex oily cap of a yellowish-orange color.

Poisonous, toxic.

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Gray lamellar honey fungus (Hypholoma capnoides)

Other names of the fungus: Gray-lamellar pseudo-foil

Synonyms:

Seroplate honey fungus (Latin Hypholoma capnoides) is an edible mushroom from the genus Hypholoma of the Strophariaceae family.

Cap of gray-lamellar honeydew: 3-7 cm in diameter, from hemispherical in the youngest mushrooms to convex-outstretched in maturity, often with remnants of a private veil along the edges.The cap itself is hygrophane, its color strongly depends on humidity: in dry mushrooms it is dull yellow with a more saturated middle, in wet mushrooms it becomes brighter, light brown. As it dries, it begins to brighten symmetrically from the edges. The flesh of the cap is thin, whitish, with a faint odor of dampness.

Plates: Frequent, adherent, white-yellowish in young fruiting bodies, acquiring the characteristic color of poppy seeds as they mature.

Spore powder: Brownish violet.

The peduncle of the gray-lamellar honeydew: 5-10 cm in height, 0.3 - 0.8 cm in thickness, cylindrical, often curved, with a rapidly disappearing ring, yellow in the upper part, rusty-brown in the lower part.

Distribution: Lamellar honey fungus is a typical tree fungus. Its fruiting bodies grow in bunches on stumps and roots hidden in the ground. It grows only in coniferous forests, most often on pine and spruce, both in the lowlands and high in the mountains. It is especially abundant in mountain spruce forests. The honey fungus is widespread throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. You can collect it from spring to autumn, and often in mild winters. It grows like a "honey agaric", in large intergrowths, meeting, perhaps, not so often, but quite abundantly.

Similar species: Several common species of the genus Hypholoma, as well as, in some cases, summer honey fungus, are similar at once to the seroplate honeydew. It is, first of all, a poisonous pseudo-froth (hypholoma) sulfur-yellow with yellow-green plates, a cap with sulfur-yellow edges and a sulfur-yellow flesh. Next comes the pseudo-froth - brick-red hypholoma (H. sublateriiium) with yellow-brown plates and a brown-red cap, growing in bunches in summer and autumn in deciduous forests and outside the forest, especially on oak and beech stumps. Even without knowing the mushroom, it is only by formal signs that Hypholoma capnoides can be distinguished from the sulfur-yellow honey fungus (Hypholoma fasciculare): the one has green plates, and the gray-plastic one has poppy-gray. The rooted hypholoma (Hypholoma radicosum) mentioned in some sources, in my opinion, is completely different.

Edible: Seroplate honey fungus has a reputation for being a good edible mushroom. In my opinion, it is very similar to the summer mushroom; old specimens take on a musty, raw taste.

Video about mushroom Seroplate mushroom:

Gray-lamellar millet - a good edible mushroom has a blue-gray, poppy-colored, lamellar, yellow-brown cap, whitish flesh and a pleasant taste.

The seroplate honeydew for me was and remains the "second summer honeydew". When we were introduced, they told me so - here they say you are another summer honey agaric, which grows on pine stumps. I believed, which, however, I still do not regret. And what?..

Mushroom photo Seroplate honeydew from questions in recognition:

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Specifications:

Systematics:

Edible mushroom, assigned to the 4th flavor category.

Signs of poisoning with false mushrooms

Signs poisoning with false mushrooms appear soon after food enters the stomach. But depending on the type and portion of dangerous twins, the reaction to them can occur in a few hours. Toxins entering the bloodstream are distributed throughout the body. Most of all from them goes to the digestive organs. Symptoms of poisoning are similar to those of acute gastroenteritis, with the following observed:

• nausea accompanied by severe vomiting.
• pallor of the skin.
• reusable liquid stool.
• weakness, dizziness, increased sweating.
• acute paroxysmal pain in the abdomen.

When poisoning with brick-red mushrooms, the nervous system also suffers. This results in headaches, high blood pressure, difficulty speaking and nosebleeds. In severe cases, intoxication occurs, threatening a coma and even cardiac arrest.

The sulfur-yellow honey fungus is also dangerous because its toxins do not disintegrate during heat treatment. Poisonous substances persist and even accumulate during the conservation of the insidious forest gift.

First aid for acute mushroom poisoning is reduced to cleaning the gastrointestinal tract. It is necessary to provoke vomiting with a large volume of boiled water drunk. After that, you need to drink activated charcoal with plenty of liquid. In this case, mineral water without gas, broths are useful. You need to drink them in small portions every quarter of an hour.

Before the arrival of the ambulance, you need to put the patient to bed, warming the limbs with a blanket and heating pads. In case of loss of consciousness, it is necessary to fix the tongue so that the victim does not suffocate.

Poisoning symptoms and first aid

The mushroom is poisonous. The bitterness in the taste does not allow eating too many false mushrooms, and in small quantities the toxins are not deadly. When eating it, symptoms of poisoning appear after 1-6 hours.

Intoxication can be determined by the following signs:

• the appearance of nausea or vomiting;
• cramping pain in the stomach;
• diarrhea with urging up to 20 times a day;
• sweating and weakness;
• drop in blood pressure;
• palpitations are frequent and intense;
• with a severe degree of poisoning, loss of consciousness is possible.

The phenomena of gastrointestinal tract disorders continue for 1-2 days, then the person's condition is normalized. But to prevent complications, it is best to call an ambulance, and before its arrival, take first aid measures:

1. Induce vomiting to remove large pieces of swallowed mushrooms from the stomach. They will not be able to pass through the tube when the doctor flushes the stomach. For an emetic effect, you can give the victim to drink a solution of table salt (1 tablespoon per 1 glass of warm water) or mustard powder (1 teaspoon per 250 ml of water). Vomiting can be caused by drinking plenty of fluids and pressing on the root of the tongue. In case of loss of consciousness, vomiting is not caused: the contents of the stomach can cause respiratory arrest if it enters the lungs.
2. After vomiting, the victim is given activated charcoal at the rate of 1-2 tablets for each 1 kg of the patient's weight. The absorbent will bind the poison remaining in the gastrointestinal tract.

Until the arrival of the doctors, no other measures can be taken. The victim is not given any pills. You should not stop diarrhea, because during a bowel movement, fungal toxins are removed from the body.

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Poisoning signs and first aid

Symptoms of poisoning appear 1-6 hours after ingestion. Sweating, nausea begins, then vomiting and loss of consciousness. There is no danger to life, the symptoms disappear after a while. True, there are also rare cases of death. Sometimes inflammation of the stomach and small intestine develops. Nevertheless, until recently, false sulfur-yellow mushrooms were considered not poisonous, but simply inedible.

During poisoning, you can not drink milk, juices and carbonated drinks to the patient. Vomiting should be stimulated until the stomach is completely empty. You can use activated carbon as an adsorbent. It is best to see a doctor as soon as possible. A sulfur-yellow honey fungus is a dangerous guest in your basket. You should not pick a mushroom if there is a suspicion that it belongs to this species. Poisoning with them is rarely serious, but undoubtedly brings a lot of trouble.

Edibility

Sulfur-yellow false foam is a poisonous mushroom, which contains resinous substances: ketones and aldehydes. Once in the body, toxins quickly spread, negatively affecting the organs of the digestive system.The taste of this poisonous mushroom is very bitter, which will not allow you to consume it in large quantities. When ingested in small amounts, it is not fatal. But poisoning in this case cannot be avoided. The first signs appear about two to four hours after ingestion:

• diarrhea;
• nausea or vomiting;
• sweating;
• weakness;
• frequent and increased heartbeat;
• stomach pain;
• loss of consciousness is possible;
• low blood pressure.

Even the smallest consumption of these mushrooms can be fatal in children and the elderly!

If there are signs of poisoning, call an ambulance immediately. Before the arrival of the medical staff, it is recommended to prevent possible complications and take first aid measures:

• induce vomiting;
• drink a lot of plain water without gas;
• take an absorbent;
• do not stop diarrhea.

Appearance of a sulfur-yellow false foam

The cap of a sulfur-yellow false froth is convex, up to 6 centimeters in diameter, when the mushroom matures, the cap straightens a little. Above, the hat is yellow, there is a slight reddish tint on the top of the head. The edges of the cap are yellow-green. Remnants of the bedspread may be visible along the edges of the cap on the underside.

The plates are adherent, olive, lemon-gray or yellow. In young specimens, the tone of the plates is sulfur-yellow, in old ones they turn gray-violet, and when they decompose, they become almost black.

The leg is yellow or yellow-green in color. Young specimens may have a ring on the leg - traces from the film. In adult specimens, the leg is cylindrical; inside it is hollow, at the base with a pronounced brown tint. The flesh of sulfur-yellow false hooters is very bitter with an unpleasant odor.

Places of growth of sulfur-yellow false hooters

These mushrooms grow in both forest and mountainous areas. They usually settle in bundles or groups. Favorite growing places are old stumps and half-decayed trunks of coniferous and deciduous trees. Sometimes false heaps can grow at the base of living trees, but most often they are located on trees that are broken and lying on the ground.

False honey agarics often settle near edible honey agarics. You can often see how autumn mushrooms grow, tightly squeezed from all sides by dangerous doubles. The fruiting season of sulfur-yellow false hooters is August-September, but they can appear earlier, and in the warm season they can be found in October and even November.

Sulfur-yellow false foam twins

Even poisonous mushrooms have counterparts. Of the greatest interest are the edible and tasty twins, because if you confuse sulfur-yellow false foams with them, you can get serious poisoning.

Edible honey mushroom is very similar to its poisonous counterpart. The plates of edible mushrooms do not have a green tint. At a young age, the honey agaric plates are white or cream. You can also recognize false foams by a weakly pronounced ring on the leg, but old mushrooms often do not have a ring. In addition, the edible autumn mushroom has a ring on the leg.

Seroplastic or poppy foam is also an edible mushroom that can be confused with sulfur yellow false foam. The cap of the seroplastic pseudo-froth is convex, becomes spread over time, its color is brown, red-brown or yellow. The plates are creamy yellow or whitish at a young age, and then become bluish gray or even darker. There is no sulfur and green tint at all. There is no ring on the leg either. Seroplastic false heaps are often left in the forest, as they are afraid to confuse them with a poisonous twin.

The yellow-red honey fungus has a distant resemblance to the sulfur-yellow false foam. Collibia spindlefoot is also an inedible fungus, and it is very similar to the sulfur-yellow false froth.

How not to get poisoned with sulfur-yellow false foam?

The mushroom picker should be alerted by the green or olive tint on the cap, and especially on the plates and the upper part of the leg. The sulfur-yellow color of this mushroom can hardly be considered a distinctive feature of the toadstool. Better to walk past the dubious mushroom and pick only familiar mushrooms. The mushroom picker must have 100% confidence in the mushrooms that he collects.

Poisoning by sulfur-yellow false heels

Doctor of Medical Sciences and the head of the intensive care unit Musselius in the book "Poisonous Mushrooms" described the symptoms of poisoning with sulfur-yellow false heels. The composition of these mushrooms contains resinous substances - ketones and aldehydes, which irritate the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract. The toxicity can be severe. In addition, some of the chemicals are absorbed into the bloodstream and poison other organs.

A severe form of poisoning is most often observed when taking a very large amount of mushrooms, especially in the elderly or children, or if there are additional concomitant health problems: chronic hepatitis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and the like. In rare cases, extremely severe poisoning occurs, even death is possible.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that after a sulfur-yellow false foam enters the stomach, acute gastroenteritis develops, if the first signs of this disease appear, they immediately call an ambulance. The specialist receiving the call will tell you what actions to take before the arrival of the medical team

Doubles

If you confuse an edible mushroom with a sulfur-yellow false foam, then you can seriously poison yourself. Common edible honey is very similar to false foam. The main difference between them lies in the color of the plates: edible mushrooms are endowed with white or cream plates, without green and other shades.

Edible mushrooms

The sulfur-yellow pseudofoam also shares a number of similarities with the seroplastic pseudofoam. The second mushroom is edible. Young seroplastic pseudofoils have a convex cap that becomes flat.

False foam seroplate

The color of the cap is predominantly brown or red-brown. However, there are also yellow hats. The plates in young mushrooms are white, and in mature species they acquire a bluish tint. However, they do not have any green color. Many edible seroplastic false foams remain in the forest because they are easily confused with sulfur yellow poisonous false foams.

Edible mushrooms honey agarics: species with photos

Among the forest gifts, it is difficult to ignore edible honey mushrooms, which are great for pickling, preparing hot dishes and cold snacks. There are also false species of mushrooms - the material is briefly described about them, information is presented for successful recognition in the forest, and the presentation of edible mushrooms in the photo will avoid a fatal mistake, since false species are dangerous not only to health, but also to human life

Mushroom mushrooms

Also look at the edible mushrooms in the photo very carefully, because in the field there will be nothing to compare the specimens found with:

Honey mushrooms in the photo

Honey mushrooms in the photo

Yellow-red varieties of edible mushrooms with a description

Yellow-red edible mushrooms in the photo

Yellow-red edible mushrooms in the photo

The mushroom is edible. Yellow-red varieties of edible mushrooms adorn velvety caps 5-15 cm in diameter, in young specimens they are hemispherical, later convex, fleshy, covered with red scales at a young age, solid red, later yellow spots appear on the edge of the cap and where the light did not fall from a fallen leaf or twig. The caps are dry, not slimy. Plates are frequent yellow or golden yellow. The leg is cylindrical, 6-15 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, yellow-red, velvety.

To continue the description of edible mushrooms follows the fact that they grow in mixed and coniferous forests on stumps, trunks and roots of coniferous trees, on the roots of dry pines.

Fruiting from July to October.

The poisonous twin of the yellow-red honey fungus - the sulfur-yellow row (Tricholoba sulphureum) is easily distinguished by the color of the fruit body and the unpleasant acetylene pulp smell.

The mushroom tastes a little bitter. Some experts advise boiling it before cooking.

Seasonal types of mushrooms honey agarics: photo and description

Look at the seasonal species of honey agarics in the photo, which shows summer and autumn, winter honey agarics:

These types of honey mushrooms are very common, but only at certain times of the year. This is where their names come from.

Seasonal mushrooms, their types and descriptions are presented further on the page, you can see them in the photo:

Winter mushroom (Flammulina velutipes)

Winter mushroom in the photo

The mushroom is edible. Caps 2-8 cm, young - bell-shaped or convex, then prostrate, sticky, yellow-ocher or rusty-brown, underneath with frequent white-ocher or white plates. Legs are thin, velvety, without a ring, at first the color of the cap, not very hard, then they turn dark brown or almost black and hard. The main distinguishing feature of winter honeydew is a stiff, velvety leg. The aggregates of its fruiting bodies look like fiery spots against the background of snow. The mushroom has adapted to bear fruit during the thaws in winter. One can observe under a microscope how, when the temperature rises above zero, the cells of its mycelium that have burst during freezing grow together.

It grows on dead and living tree trunks, as well as on willow, poplar, birch and linden stumps. It can sometimes be found in conifers.

Fruiting from September to December. Sometimes it grows in spring.

It has no poisonous counterparts.

Soups are cooked from winter honey, salted in a hot way, marinated in jars.

Summer honey fungus (Kuehneromyces mutabilis)

Summer honey mushroom in the photo

Summer honey mushroom in the photo

The mushroom is edible. Caps 3-8 cm, at first closed hemispherical, then almost open, smooth from yellow to yellow-brown with a darker edge. The plates are pale clay-yellow, rusty-brown with age, in young fungi they are covered with a white or yellow film. Stem solid, dense yellow-brown 3-8 cm long, 6-12 mm thick with a whitish ring, covered with lagging scales below the ring. Spore powder, rusty brown.

Summer honey agaric appears in June, sometimes even in May, bears fruit until September.